Before: Good long rest for Halle - she's in the best shape of her life, coming in light and strong for this bantam matchup - but she's dogged by age and closely related chin questions: how durable is this Ferrari going to be over the long haul? Richards the bigger woman, and having trouble making the bantam limit - new mom leaving that ingenue physique behind, prompting many to wonder whether she can still campaign at 120. Good match up between former champs looking to regain some traction - victory will be a springboard for one of them.

Halle in black leather bikini, elf-cut boxing slippers, shamelessly pumping the new Catwoman film by wearing the headdress into the ring - Denise in tan western motif bikini, boxing mocassins.

During R1: Halle out with brisk head movement, weaving under pushy Denise stick, then STROKING that gut hooks! Halle right hand at her cheek, just lathering the midsection, then turning into a chopping right off the face to put big woman on her heels. Berry jumping in with a hook on the jaw, getting her shoulder snug behind the short clout - Richards staggering into the ropes, eyes wide. Halle jabbing her way in close, then digging up paunch with biting right/lefts, weaving the tepid Richards receipts, and countering with a bingo left uppercut on the chin to sit Denise in the ropes. Pounding flurry bashes against Denise's available face - Richard staring into punishment, groggy, unresponsive and HALLE POURS IT ON! Berry's stomach muscles ripping in to view as she twists her hips and torque in the hurt - robust rights and lefts stroking away as she bends left and right with a little Emmanual Augustus supple delivery. AND THE REF STEPS IN! Richards just sagging in the strands, defenceless, taking pulping blows across her chest and face - she's battered blubbery in a FEROCIOUS Berry first!

After: Halle needed that one - dogs momentarily held at bay as Halle's able to stay offensive, release those still-blinding hands and get a bigger girl to succumb before being able to test the questionable Berry jaw. Berry smiling, chatting it up with supporters in the ring: Richards distraught, sobbing, being consoled - HBO cameras heartless in capturing the contrast with a lingering two shot/split screen angle for over a minute before going into the slow mo replays of the withering final assault.